#bhlsundaygarden

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n63_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed ... /. [S.l. :s.n.],1790-1800 ;. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/468675

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#SciArtFix Persian Cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum), our final post for this week's #BHLSundayGarden. #SciArt from Volumes 1-2 of William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1787-1790), which were contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/468717 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #PersianCyclamen #Cyclamen #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt #KewGardens #MissouriBotanicalGarden #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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#BHLDailySciArt: Monkey Orchids (Coryanthes macrantha), a native of #Venezuela. Botanical #SciArt by #MatildaSmith, who is our featured artist for this week's #BHLSundayGarden. Smith drew over 2,300 illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine during her 45-year tenure as a contributing artist. This illustration comes from Volume 126 (1900), which was edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #MonkeyOrchids #MonkeyOrchid #Orchids #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt

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Yellow Hibiscus (Genus Hibiscus) by #MatildaSmith for this week's #BHLSundayGarden. From Volume 128 (1902) of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker for @kewgardens. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/662814 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #YellowHibiscus #Yemen #Hibiscus #floriculture #flowers #Botany #BotanicalArt #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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#SciArtFix: Red Bourbon Rose (Rosa x borboniana), our final post for this week's #BHLSundayGarden celebrating #NationalRoseMonth. #SciArt from Louis van Houtte, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Vol. 18 (1869-70). Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27803985 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Rose #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLGardenStories #BHLinBloom #gardening #garden #horticulture #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries

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Hybrid Perpetual Rose (Genus Rosa) for #NationalRoseMonth and the #BHLSundayGarden. #SciArt by Worthington George Smith for H. Honywood Dombrain, The Floral Magazine, New Serv. Vol. 3 (1874). Contributed for digitization by the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden (@nybg) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50349539 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Rose #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLGardenStories #BHLinBloom #gardening #garden #horticulture #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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#Roses are a perennial favorite of gardeners and flower admirers, and because June is #NationalRoseMonth in the U.S., we are going to celebrate all things roses for this edition of the #BHLSundayGarden. Bold red roses (Genus Rosa) from Our New Guide to Rose Culture (1900) by The Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, PA. Contributed for digitization by the United States Dept. of Agriculture Library (@usdagov) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43875588 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #RedRoses #RedRose #Rose #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLGardenStories #BHLinBloom #gardening #garden #horticulture #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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#BHLDailySciArt: Yellow Rose (Rosa rapinii). June is #NationalRoseMonth, and today we are featuring #roses for the #BHLSundayGarden. Genus Rosa has over 150 species and thousands of cultivars. #SciArt by Alfred Parsons for Ellen Ann Willmott, The Genus Rosa (1914). Contributed for digitization by Harvard University Botany Libraries to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48243200 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Rose #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLGardenStories #BHLinBloom #gardening #garden #horticulture #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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Utah Sweetvetch (Hedysarum boreale). This week's #BHLSundayGarden features #MatildaSmith, a prolific botanical artist whose work was featured for Curtis's Botanical Magazine for 45 years. This illustration is one of Smith's first for the botanical magazine, and it is found in Volume 104 (1878), which was edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker, Smith's second cousin. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/465165 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #HeritageMW #MuseumWeek #WomenMW #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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Jacobean Lily (Sprekelia formosissima). Welcome to this week's #BHLSundayGarden! We are featuring #SciArt from Volumes 1-2 of William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1787-1790), which were contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. Associated with @kewgardens, Curtis's Botanical Magazine has been published continuously since 1787, and it is the longest running botanical periodical. View this illustration from the start of the magnificent series here: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/468717 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #JacobeanLily #JacobeanLilies #Lily #Lilies #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt #KewGardens #MissouriBotanicalGarden #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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#BHLSundayGarden: Black Hellebore (Helleborus niger) is a poisonous flower that gets its common name from the color of its roots. #SciArt from Volumes 1-2 of William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1787-1790), which were contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/468717 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #BlackHellebore #Hellebore #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt #KewGardens #MissouriBotanicalGarden #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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Decorative Columbine (Genus Aquilegia)

Welcome to this week's #BHLSundayGarden where we will be featuring something a little different than our usual botanical art on our Instagram account. We will be looking at how plants inspired artists to create decorative patterns for textiles and applications onto home products, like the vase in this illustration. Specifically, we will be highlighting work from Eugène Grasset, La Plante et ses Applications Ornementales (1896), a lovely Art Nouveau book. This image is by Maurice Pillard Verneuil, and this book was contributed for digitization by @smithsonianlibraries.

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BHL Sunday Garden

Orchids (Cattleya warscewiczii). For this week's #BHLSundayGarden, we are featuring pretty in pink orchids on our Instagram! This lovely pair were illustrated by Alphonse Goossens for Jean Jules Linden, Lindenia: Iconography of Orchids, Vol. 8-9 (1894-95). Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at @mobotgarden.

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April is National Garden Month, so for this week's #BHLSundayGarden on our Instagram, we are featuring a few illustrations from our vast collection of seed and nursery catalogs. Title page to the Farm and Garden Annual (1918) from A. Currie & Company, which was based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Contributed for digitization by the United States Dept. of Agriculture Library.

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BHL Sunday Garden: Cecile Pfulb-Kastner

Alpine Columbine (Aquilegia alpina) for this week's #BHLSundayGarden featuring the scientific illustrations by Cecile Pfulb-Kastner which are part of Charles Flahault, Nouvelle flore coloriée de poche des Alpes et des Pyrénées, Vol. 1 (1906) this week. Contributed for digitization by the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden @nybg. Join us on Instagram for more BHL Sunday Garden posts!